Love set to tip off at World Championships

Scotland’s Robyn Love is set to represent GB Woman at this year’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg, Germany.  The world’s wheelchair basketball elite will compete from the 16th – 26th August with 16 teams and 12 teams qualified for the men’s and woman’s respectively.

West of Scotland born Love, will be competing at her first World Championships having previously played at the European Championships (Spain, 2017 & England, 2015) and the Paralympic Games (Rio, 2016) and will be hoping to build on the previous successes of the Woman’s GB team which included a historic 4th place finish in Brazil.

Ex Lothian Phoenix star Love’s rise through the sport has been rapid having only began playing in 2013 after a meeting with basketballscotland’s Disability Talent and Pathway Manager, Tina Gordon.  Love, who currently plays for Coyotes, will be part of the GB side that will take on Canada, Spain, Brazil, Australia and Netherlands in Pool B of the World Championships.

Another member of the GB Woman’s set up for the World Championships is Glasgow Rocks first team coach Jen Scally who will in Germany in the role of Team Manager.  Jen, recently led the under 19 Scotland team to a second place finish at the British Wheelchair Basketball Lord Taverners National Junior Championships and will take charge of the same team at the upcoming School Games.

The GB Woman’s team tip off on Thursday against Brazil, 6pm